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Regia Aeronautica

Copyright © Jan J. Šafařík Victories Name Confirmed Damaged Units on ground:

Visintini, Mario 32 [0+32] XVI° Gr, 91a, 413a, 412a Solaro, Claudio 20 XVI° Gr, c 70a Baron, Luigi 11 [0+11] 412a Canella, Carlo 11 [0+11] 412a Soffritti, Aroldo 11 412a Minguzzi, Vittorio 10 359a, c 22° Gr Reiner, Giulio 6 [3+3] c 73a Lucchini, Franco 5 [0+5] 3 [0+3] 19a, 90a, c 84a, c 10° Gr

Ricci, Corrado 4 410a Vaccari, Riccardo 4 97a, Sezione Speciale Bobba, Guido 3 74a Camerini, Antonio 3 [0+3] 368a Falconi, Tito 3 [0+3] 23° Gr Monti, Ezio 3 [0+3] 75a Cenni, Guiseppe 2 1a, 5a, 239a, 102° Gr, 4° St Meoli, Aldo 0 5 [0+5] Viglione Borghese, Ezio 0 2 [0+2] X° Gr, 96a Damiani, Rinaldo 0 1 97a on sea:

Carestiato, Guido 2 Squadriglia Mussolini Bonfatti, Piero 1 [0+1] c 73a Oblach Garolla, Giuseppe 1 [0+1] 73a Tarantola, Ennio 1 XVI° Gr, 239a, 151a, Montefusco-Bonet Sq ANR Valle, Antonio 1 [0+1] 73a

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Capitano Mario Visintini Capitano Claudio Solaro Sergente Maggiore Luigi Baron Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare

Tenente Carlo Canella Maresciallo Aroldo Soffritti Generale S.A. Vittorio Minguzzi

Capitano Giulio Reiner Capitano Franco Lucchini Generale Corrado Ricci Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare

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Tenente Riccardo Vaccari Capitano Guido Bobba Sergente Antonio Camerini

Tenente Colonello Tito Falconi Tenente Ezio Monti Maggiore Giuseppe Cenni Medaglia d’Oro al Valor Militare

Maresciallo Guido Carestiato Tenente Pietro Bonfatti Tenente Giuseppe Oblach Garolla Medaglia d’Oro al Valor Militare

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Maresciallo Ennio Tarantola Sergente Antonio Valle

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